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Mammilloydia candida (Scheidw.) Buxb.
- Common Name: Snowball Cactus
- Family: Cactaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: San Luis Potosi, Mexico
- Habitat:
- Description: Monotypic genus resembles Mammillaria in vegetative characters, but has distinctive seed structure and embryology.
Restrictions:- CITES Appendix II Listed Plant
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  Accession Data:- Accession # 200800165
- Source: Mesa Gardens (seed)
- Provenance: S. Brack 109, Charco Blanco, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
- Accession Date: 10-06-2008
- Bench: 2211 - XER:Chihuahuan-Tehuacan Deserts
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 10-20-2010
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: core eudicots
- Order: Caryophyllales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Cactaceae
- SubFamily: Cactoideae
- Tribe: Cacteae
- SubTribe:
References:- Anderson, E.F., The Cactus Family, Timber Press 2001
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